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Colostomy skin level cecostomy 44320 at akron general

1 Akron General Avenue, Akron, OH · Cleveland Clinic · · NPI 1821035940

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Jun 15, 2026 · Ingested Aug 12, 2026

$5,176.60

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Discounted cash price

What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$7,964.00

Gross charge

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Gross charge (chargemaster price)

The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this.

Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.

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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$1.10 with Zing Health vs $7,964.00 with Aetna — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate

The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.

Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.

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Payer
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Payer

The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on.

Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509.

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Plan
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Plan

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Zing Health Medicare Advantage $1.10 ↓ -100%
Optum Managed Medicaid Transplant $614.10 ↓ -88%
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $646.42 ↓ -88%
United Managed Medicaid $678.74 ↓ -87%
Caresource Managed Medicaid $678.74 ↓ -87%
Molina Managed Medicaid $711.06 ↓ -86%
AmeriHealth Managed Medicaid $711.06 ↓ -86%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Lower Level $740.58 ↓ -86%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Psych $825.35 ↓ -84%
Summacare Medicare Advantage CNA $968.45 ↓ -81%
Summacare Medicare Advantage MD $1,082.38 ↓ -79%
Optum Medicare Advantage Transplant $1,100.47 ↓ -79%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $1,100.47 ↓ -79%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $1,100.47 ↓ -79%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $1,100.47 ↓ -79%
The Health Plan All Products $1,100.47 ↓ -79%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $1,100.47 ↓ -79%
United Medicare Advantage $1,100.47 ↓ -79%
Valor All Products $1,100.47 ↓ -79%
CommuniCare Medicare Advantage $1,155.49 ↓ -78%
PPHP All Products $1,210.52 ↓ -77%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Non-Facility $1,613.02 ↓ -69%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Facility $1,613.02 ↓ -69%
Oscar All Products $2,023.65 ↓ -61%
MMO NASCO $2,057.22 ↓ -60%
MMO SuperMed $2,057.22 ↓ -60%
MMO Medicare HMO & PPO $2,066.28 ↓ -60%
Summacare Preferred $2,244.96 ↓ -57%
Summacare Premier $2,324.27 ↓ -55%
OPTUM Managed Medicaid Transplant $2,751.32 ↓ -47%
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $2,896.13 ↓ -44%
United HMO & PPO $2,976.77 ↓ -42%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $3,040.94 ↓ -41%
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $3,040.94 ↓ -41%
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $3,040.94 ↓ -41%
United BH Managed Medicaid $3,069.90 ↓ -41%
OHCP All Products $3,098.00 ↓ -40%
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $3,185.74 ↓ -38%
United All Products - Mid-Level $3,270.94 ↓ -37%
United All Products $3,525.43 ↓ -32%
Aultcare PPO/HMO $3,934.22 ↓ -24%
OMAS All Products $3,982.00 ↓ -23%
Anthem All Products Physician $4,096.71 ↓ -21%
Anthem All Products Physician Non-Facility $4,096.71 ↓ -21%
Anthem All Products Physician Facility $4,096.71 ↓ -21%
Optum All Products Transplant $4,643.01 ↓ -10%
PHPHI All Products $4,778.40 ↓ -8%
GMS All Products $5,574.80 ↑ +8%
MMO Traditional $5,574.80 ↑ +8%
Consociate Health All Products $5,973.00 ↑ +15%
Aetna All Products First Health $5,973.00 ↑ +15%
Aetna Asa $6,371.20 ↑ +23%
Multiplan All Products $7,167.60 ↑ +38%
Aetna Qhp/Ifp $7,964.00 ↑ +54%
Cigna All Products Physician not published by hospital
Aetna ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital
Aetna Acop not published by hospital
Cigna All Products Mid-Level not published by hospital

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Colostomy skin level cecostomy 44320 at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland $5,176.60 $1.10 – $7,167.60
mercy hospital Canton $5,176.60 $1.10 – $7,167.60
avon hospital Avon not published $2,950.74 – $3,006.95
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euclid hospital Euclid not published $3,023.11 – $3,500.44
fairview hospital Cleveland not published $2,840.06 – $3,288.49
lutheran hospital Cleveland not published $2,703.83 – $3,130.75
hillcrest hospital Mayfield Heights not published $2,958.90 – $3,426.09

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